Ionia-Washtenaw County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tanner, Maxwell E. March 15, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 12, 2010, 7:55 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown Maxwell E. Tanner, age 83, of Ann Arbor, died Tuesday, March 15, 2003. He was born February 2, 1920 in Ionia, the son of Phyllis Lavanda (nee Holl) and Glen E. Tanner. Mr. Tanner lived in Ionia throughout his boyhood, graduating from Ionia High School in 1938. In the fall of 1940 he enrolled at Western Michigan College in Kalamazoo with majors in Education, English and History. Upon graduation in 1944, he entered Graduate School at the University of Michigan studying English literature. While attending school he worked with Kaiser at Willow Run as a timekeeper. He married Kathryn J. (Nee Peck) Smith on September 20, 1947, daughter of Floyd and Nellie Peck of Sturgis. He …(section illegible) … purchased a historic Ann Arbor home that eventually led them into renting rooms and apartments to students. Max retired as financial control analyst at Ford Motor Company Engineering in Dearborn in 1984. He and his wife traveled throughout the United States and Europe. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Kathryn and infant son Timothy. Dear father of Charles (Marianne) Smith, Anthony (Mildred) Smith, Vincent (Valore) Tanner and Michelle Tanner; and loving grandfather of eight grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at 10:30 a.m. at the Meuhling Funeral Chapel, Ann Arbor. Burial to follow at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/tanner4062nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb